Pair of Rattles

Medium

Gourd, wood, pebbles

Dimensions

Overall: 6.4 x 19.1cm (2 1/2 x 7 1/2in.) a) Diam. 7.6 x L. 19.2 cm. b) Diam. 6.4 x L. 17.8 cm.

Classification

Idiophone-Shaken-rattle

Culture

Guyanese (Demerara)

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.687a, b